Nguyễn Đức Phú (born 13 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional

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who plays as a

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for

V.League 2 The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested ...

club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-23 team.

Early career

Born in

Hải Phòng Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts, 6 Huyện, rural distri ...

, Đức Phú started playing football in 2016 for his local youth team. In 2019, he was admitted to

PVF Football Academy The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent Football Academy (PVF), officially operating as the PVF Youth Football Training Center - Ministry of Public Security (), is a privately-established football academy based in Hưng Yên. The instituti ...

. He quickly gained a starter spot at PVF youth team and won two consecutive Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championships in 2020 and 2021.

Club career

In 2022, Đức Phú was promoted to PVF Football Academy's first team Phố Hiến. In his first season with the club, Đức Phú started in 18 out of 22 matches in

and scored 1 goal, helping the club finish third in the league.

International career

Đức Phú was called up to Vietnam national under-20 team to participate in the 2023 AFC U-20 Championship. He started in all three group stage matches but Vietnam failed to reach the quarter-finals despite having won two out of their three matches. Later in the same year, he was included on Vietnam under-22's 20 men squad for the

2023 Southeast Asian Games The 2023 Southeast Asian Games (, UNGEGN: ''Kar Brâkuŏt Keila Brâchéachéatĕ Asi Aknéy 2023''), also known as the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, or the 32nd SEA Games, and commonly known as Cambodia 2023, were the 32nd edition of the Southe ...

. In June 2023, Đức Phú was called up to the

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senior squad for the first time, for

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against

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Nam Định Nam Định () is the capital city of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta of the Northern Vietnam. History From August 18–20 of each year, there is a festival held in Nam Định called the Cố Trạch. This celebration honors Gener ...

Honours

PVF Football Academy * Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship: 2020, 2021 PVF-CAND *

runner-up:

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third place :

Vietnam U23 *

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: Bronze medal:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Duc Phu Living people 2003 births Sportspeople from Haiphong Vietnamese men's footballers 21st-century Vietnamese sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Vietnam men's youth international footballers V.League 2 players Vietnam men's international footballers SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Vietnam Medalists at the 2023 SEA Games